Review of laser-generated ultrasound transmitters and their applications to all-optical ultrasound transducers and imaging

SL Chen - Applied Sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
Medical ultrasound is an imaging technique that utilizes ultrasonic signals as information
carriers, and has wide applications such as seeing internal body structures, finding a source …

Spatiotemporal drug delivery using laser-generated-focused ultrasound system

J Di, J Kim, Q Hu, X Jiang, Z Gu - Journal of Controlled Release, 2015 - Elsevier
Laser-generated-focused ultrasound (LGFU) holds promise for the high-precision
ultrasound therapy owing to its tight focal spot, broad frequency band, and stable excitation …

A novel laser ultrasound transducer using candle soot carbon nanoparticles

W Huang, WY Chang, J Kim, S Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a novel composite material for laser ultrasound transducer, candle soot nanoparticles
polydimethylsiloxane (CSPs-PDMS) has been demonstrated to generate high frequency …

CuInS2 Quantum Dot and Polydimethylsiloxane Nanocomposites for All‐Optical Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Imaging

S Bodian, RJ Colchester, TJ Macdonald… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dual‐modality imaging employing complementary modalities, such as all‐optical ultrasound
and photoacoustic imaging, is emerging as a well‐suited technique for guiding minimally …

[HTML][HTML] Low f-number photoacoustic lens for tight ultrasonic focusing and free-field micro-cavitation in water

T Lee, JG Ok, LJ Guo, HW Baac - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate a photoacoustic lens with a low f-number of 0.61 and a high focal gain of
220 at 15-MHz frequency for laser-generated focused ultrasound (LGFU), which enables …

Silicon-photonics focused ultrasound detector for minimally invasive optoacoustic imaging

M Nagli, J Koch, Y Hazan, O Volodarsky… - Biomedical Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
One of the main challenges in miniaturizing optoacoustic technology is the low sensitivity of
sub-millimeter piezoelectric ultrasound transducers, which is often insufficient for detecting …

Laser-generated focused ultrasound for arbitrary waveforms

W Chan, T Hies, CD Ohl - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Transducers for laser generated focused ultrasound can achieve photoacoustic waves with
several hundred bars positive pressure in water. Previous designs employed concave glass …

Influence of gold nanoparticle concentration on photoacoustic response of Au-PDMS nanocomposite films

Y Ji, J Sun, Y Ren, R Gao, H Qi - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2025 - Elsevier
Polydimethylsiloxane composite films containing light-absorbing materials are widely used
in photoacoustic ultrasonic transducers. Their photoacoustic performances are crucial to the …

Fully planar laser-generated focused ultrasound transmitter

Y Chen, Y Wang, J Hu, T Lv, H Yu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 - Elsevier
Laser-generated focused ultrasound (LGFU) has been attracting great interest due to its
great potential in high-resolution ultrasound imaging and high-precision therapy. However …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of planar blast waves using carbon nanotubes-poly-dimethylsiloxane optoacoustic transducer

C Moon, X Fan, K Ha, D Kim - Aip Advances, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We have generated planar blast waves over the large area using carbon nanotubes (CNT)-
poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS) optoacoustic transducer. Pulse laser is absorbed by CNT and …